n rimal
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I’ve been going to this gym for 1.5 years. pay bi-annually. (8k for 6 months) i have my AirPods in every single time, i don’t talk to anyone, i’m just there to workout. today was 7am. maybe 15-18 men in the gym, 2 women including me. i was the only one doing weight training. i don’t get intimidated by that anymore- took time, but i got there. as long as nobody stares, i’m fine. except today a handful of them just. wouldn’t. stop. staring. not a glance. not a look. staring. i ignored it. kept going. but at some point it just gets inside your head and ruins everything and i ended up doing 2 back exercises and 20 mins treadmill and left. that was my workout today because of grown men who apparently had nothing else to look at. there’s also this general trainer. he’s tried to correct my form maybe 2-3 times in the span of a week. i never asked. i have AirPods in. i don’t respond, ignored it. today he was giving PT to someone on the cable machine. he came to ask if they could alternate. i nodded — AirPods still in, didn’t say a word. my turn comes, and he tries to correct my form. again. nobody asked. again. i left. in the parking lot i saw an older trainer i’ve known since i joined. told him it’s uncomfortable, the gym needs a female general trainer. he smiled and said “haan mei baat karunga” — the way you smile when someone’s telling you something that isn’t really your problem. and then, two guys from inside were leaving on their bikes. one of them had been staring the entire time. still staring. i was on a call. i looked directly at him and waited for him to stop. he didn’t. i asked him what are you looking at. he just left. i’m not going back. my membership runs till may end and i genuinely do not care. could i file a complaint? sure. would it do anything? no. you cannot file a complaint against a mentality. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE SAY UPGRADE YOUR GYM IF YOU CAN. THE EQUIPMENT IS THE SAME EVERYWHERE. THE CROWD ISN’T.





















